Well try and look it from the other point of view, Ghastly. You're going independent soon. If some schiznit decided that this constituted as a betrayal and started accusing you of trying to disassociate yourself from the rest of the Keenspace because "we're not good enough for you" I highly doubt you'd let that stop you from doing what was good for the development of your comic.
Similarly, if changing the name of Keenspace benefits us, it's silly to let the opnions of a few people who don't really care influence the matter.
Also, you keep ignoring that it was not only "a few arrogant Keenspot members" that wanted the change. You know perfectly well
I and a few others from Keenspace supported that decision too, and I'm not ashamed to say I did that because I felt it made good sense and would help Keenspace in the long run.
Keenspace has grown so much we can't fit under the Keenspot umbrella anymore. We need our own identity, and one that doesn't smack of "a spin-off of Keenspot".
And as much as I hate to say it, Keenspot are still the ones paying for the server, and if they stop doing that, we fold, there is no Keenspace. Plain and simple. And while I really do think Kisai and Kelly should get a say in the executive decision because they're the admins and they do the hard work, the in end it is the company's right to do what they want with their company, just as it is your call and not your readers call to do what you want with Ghastly Ghastly Comic.
I know you mean well, Ghastly, but please at least be fair and stop twisting the facts. Remember that
awesomely insightful post on feminism you made a month or two ago?
Here's a reminder:
Ghastly wrote:Oh don't get me started on the whole misspelling for empowerment thing. I remember getting into it once with one of the perpetual victim type of feminists once when she started ranting about why she spells history "hystory" and woman/women as "womyn/wimyn" and "femme" instead of female.
She clamed that the word "woman" meant "not a man" and that female meant "less than male" and that the word history meant "his story" as if to suggest that women had no contribution to the past.
I pointed out to her she was dead wrong on all three counts. The "man" in "woman" is not man as in male but as in person, the word woman is an from the old english wifmon meaning "wife person". The "male" in female is likewise not related at all to the word "male" as the word "female" is based on the latin femella whereas the word "male" is based on the old french "mascle" which has it's root in the latin masculus. So female definetly does not mean "less than male". And as for history, the word does not mean "his story", it's derived from the word ancient greek "historia" which simply means "story".
Her response was the words were still sexist and that it's perfectly okay for her to continue to claim they mean what she said they meant because she's lieing for a higher purpose and is thus justified to spread misinformation for a good cause.
Man she used to drive me nuts. Everything was some big penis driven conspiracy to keep her down. Fortunately she was far too nutty for even most radical feminists to take seriously. Her definition of rape was particularily amusing. In her mind men could never be raped because all men want any kind of sex they can get thus are conscenting to the act even if they don't consciously realize it. Women on the other hand... well... rape was pretty much any sex they didn't like or later regretted. So it turned out every boyfriend she ever had raped her since after they broke up she regretted ever having slept with them, doesn't matter that she willfully and soberly conscented to have sex with them, she regretted it after they broke up therefore it was rape. She even tried to claim that she was raped by one of her boyfriends she admitted she never had sex with on the basis that if she had had sex with him she would regret it now therefore he was guilty of rape. Like I said, totally freaking nuts.
Man... I haven't seen her in years. I wonder what she's up to now. Wouldn't be surprised if she's running a conspiracy theory website. Maybe she's the secret force behind the Time Cube.
Anyways, if you want to misspell words for empowerment reasons or simply because it looks cool, be my guest but for the love of Rod people, please don't spread lies and misinformation to justify it.
Whether it's women or Keenspace, Men or Keenspot, same thing applies. Disagreeing is fine, but let's stick to the verifiable stuff, please.
ps: If you want examples of brand confusion of Keenspot and Keenspace, there are too many examples I can dig up if you need convincing. I think it's a valid point.
